Mayawati richest CM in India, Buddhadeb poorest!

Mayawati richest CM in India

There seems to be no place for the poor or middle class gentry in the top echelons of India's politics, which has become the exclusive fiefdom of crorepatis. Rediff.com takes a look at the richest chief ministers of India and their breathtaking assets (financial ones, that is).

Mayawati is the richest chief minister in India, with assets worth an eye-popping Rs 86 crore.

The Bahujan Samaj Party chief has sure come a long way since her humble days as a school teacher and a grassroots Dalit leader.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy

Reddy, who surprised many by replacing K Rosaiah as the Andhra CM, owns property worth nearly Rs 5 crore. He owns a house worth Rs 2.7 crore in the posh Banjara Hills area of Hyderabad and a plot worth Rs 2 crore in Bengaluru, among others.

He also owns three cars a Maruti 800, a Hyundai Verna and a Mahindra Scorpio -- worth Rs 15 lakh.

Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa

He may have recently made news for all the wrong reasons, but the Karnataka CM is one rich man, with assets worth Rs 5.38 crore. Yeddyurappa, who is facing allegations of land scams, owns property worth Rs 3 crore and farmland worth Rs 80 lakh.

Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik

The son of former Orissa chief minister Biju Patnaik, he has served as the state's chief minister for over 10 years. His total assets are worth Rs 4.7 crore, with shares worth over Rs 3 crore in various properties in Delhi and Bhubaneshwar. He also owns farmland worth Rs 1.5 crore.

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah

Abdullah has something in common with both Karnataka CM B S Yeddyurappa and Orissa CM Naveen Patnaik. He has been hitting the headlines for all the wrong reasons and he also happens to be the son of a former chief minister (Farooq Abdullah).

Abdullah owns assets worth Rs 2 crore, including a factory in Himachal Pradesh and a flat in New Delhi. He also owns jewellery worth Rs 40 lakh and personal assets, including a jeep, worth Rs 10 lakh, among others.

West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee

His arch rival and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee regularly features among the poorest Parliamentarians in India. Not to be outdone, Bhattacharjee is ranked as the poorest CM of India, with assets worth only Rs 15.2 lakh!